If I had describe this last weekend in one word it would be ” Racing Mountain bikes is a great activity and everyone should be doing it” Well I guess I can’t describe it in one word. This weekend was a huge eye opener for me and I really can’t find the words to describe it.

Three years ago a buddy of mine talked me into getting back into racing mountain bikes and I am so glad that I said yes, because it’s been three years of pure adrenaline and I haven’t looked back.

At the same time that I started racing again I decided that I would use some of my internet marketing skills and put together as small website and call it “TwistedStone.com”. TwistedStone.com started out as a way for me to stay connected with the mountain biking world in the off season and then before I knew it, it took on a life all of it’s own. Who would have thought that three years later, Twisted Stone would be a full fledged mountain bike/cycling/ triathalon race team with 16 awesome racers and growing. We now race under the name Twisted Stone/ Latitude 45 and we are going to take the cycling/triathalon world by storm. Latitude 45 is our awesome sponsor and we couldn’t be doing this without them. Located in Petoskey, Michigan, Latitude 45 has generously made a commitment to our team and we are very excited to be part of their extremely professional family of cyclists, mechanics and athletes.

This is our first season as a race team and already I see a team that not only loves riding bikes, but loves racing them too. We have mountain bikers, road cyclists, triathletes and marathon runners on our team and they are all top notch athletes who all love the sound of the National Anthem, a Coast Guard fly over and the sound of a starting gun.

Saturday was most of our racers first race of the season. Mud, Sweat and Beers in Traverse City, Michigan and it was a blast. Even though we didn’t have our new team race kits yet, we all gathered as a team, raced as a team and partied as a team. We had a team tent set up and we all just got together and waited for the race to start. We had racers of every level racing on Saturday, from Beginners to Experts. We don’t discriminate. We had some great finishers and we were very proud of the whole team. Like I have said before, you don’t have to win, but you do have to have fun. That’s the only prerequisite, and I think we all did that pretty well.

I want to congratulate all of our racers that raced and thank them for their effort and representing the team in such a great fashion. I also want to thank all of the racers who have committed to race with us this season. Twisted Stone/ Latitude 45 race team is just a name without you guys. You rock and we appreciate it.

I also want to thank our support team of fans, wives, girlfriends, husbands, boyfriends and friends. Thank you so much for your support. You are just as much part of this team as the racers. I mean that with from the bottom of my heart.

This is going to be a great season and I can’t wait for the next race.

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